Yangzijiang Shipbuilding: Yards at full utilization despite Covid restrictions
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s yards are running at full utilization, despite Covid-related restrictions, the Chinese shipbuilder said Friday.
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Singapore debt listings Thursday: ONGC, OCBC, Kenbourne Invest, ROHM, Ocean Funding
These are companies which announced debt listing confirmations on Thursday, 5 December 2019: OCBC, Rohm, Ocean Funding 2019-1, ONGC and Kenbourne Invest.
Nothing but blue skies in November, BofA-ML fund managers survey finds
All it took was another rate cut: Economic growth expectations surged and risk-taking took off in November, according to the Bofa-ML fund managers survey.
Why interest rates are heading toward zero (even in the US)
The ECB’s decision to cut rates is a “game changer,” set to force the hand of the Fed, Markus Schomer, chief economist at PineBridge, said Monday.
SGX September commodity derivatives trade rises amid trade war concerns
SGX reported Friday its September commodities derivatives volume climbed as price volatility in physical markets spurred demand for risk-management tools.
These investors are driving new demand for gold
Gold, already enjoying a rally on increased geopolitical tension, is getting a demand fillip from new Shariah-compliant investors seeking a safe-haven play.
DBS: Time to add more gold to portfolios
Markets may have recovered from their fourth quarter ructions, but DBS is advising adding more gold to portfolios to stave off the effects of continued volatility.
Fed’s Rosengren: Inverted yield curve is different this time
The yield curve inversion in the U.S. may have set off a fresh round of market jitters, but Eric Rosengren, president of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said on Tuesday that it’s no longer a reliable recession signal.
UPDATE: Evans and Yellen agree, inverted yield curve is a damp squib
The inversion of the U.S. yield curve may have convinced many market participants that the sky is falling, or at least, a recession is looming, but at least two central bankers are unimpressed.
Yellen: This is the root cause of disruptions facing central bankers
The disruptions and uncertainty central bankers have been dealing with over the past few years have one root cause, said Yellen on Monday.
Yellen: Central bankers don’t have enough bullets in their policy guns
Former Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said on Monday that global central banks don’t have enough bullets in their policy guns to deal with a crisis.
Insider Stories: Bank Indonesia will maintain rupiah stability via regular auctions
Bank Indonesia will move quickly to keep the rupiah stable, said Nanang Hendarsah, an executive director at the central bank, Insider Stories reported.